Mindtree Sample Aptitude Questions and Answers

Q1 A and B are 50 and 70 years old respectively. How many years ago was the ratio of their ages 2 : 3?

Q2 A wholesaler decides to mix two varieties of lentils worth Rs. 170 per kg and Rs. 180 per kg with a third variety of lentils in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. What is the price per kg of the third variety of lentils if the lentil mixture is worth Rs. 173 per kg?

Q3 It takes 400 seconds for a train to completely cross two points A and B which are 7.8 km apart. What is the speed of the train, if its length is 200m?

Q4 The present age of the father is 4 years more than thrice the age of his son. Three years later, the father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son. What is the present age of the father (in years)?

Q5 Four pipes A, B, C, and D can fill a tank in 15, 20, 30, and 60 hours respectively. In how much time will all four pipes fill the tank together?

Q6 Abe wants to sell artisanal drinks during the holidays. He produces 160 litres of the drink and sells a part of it at 10% profit. He sells the rest of the drink at a 6% profit. What quantity of the drink did he sell at 10% profit if he gained 9% profit on the entire 160 litres?

Q7 Mango A worth Rs. 130/kg and Mango B worth Rs. 120/kg is mixed with the third variety C in the ratio 1:1:2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 160/kg, what is the price of the third variety of mango i.e C?

Q8 In a startup company XYZ, 45% of employees are less than 25 years of age. The number of employees older than 25 years of age is 1/2 of the number of employees of 25 years of age. If the number of employees who are 25 years old is 8, then how many employees work at XYZ?

(Note: Choose the option that coincides with the nearest integer)

Q9 A retailer buys lentil A at Rs. 20.40/kg and lentil B at Rs. 18.60/kg. He wants to mix A and B to make a new mixture C that costs Rs 19.40/kg. In what ratio should he mix lentil A and B to do so?

Q10 There are three places Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand such that seven roads connect Bihar and West Bengal and nine roads connect West Bengal and Jharkhand. From the given data determine in how many ways can one travel from Bihar to Jharkhand?

Q11 There is a ticket collector at the entry gate museum, who collects the tickets from visitors. He arranges these tickets in his free time. If he arranges the tickets in pairs, one ticket is left. It is also the same when he arranges them in groups of 3, 4, 5 and 6.How many tickets will be left with him if he arranges them in groups of 8?

Q12 In how many days will 10 women complete work if 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days?

Q13 The average age of a group of 10 students is 20 years. If 4 more students join the group, the average age increases by 2 years. What is the average age of the new students?

Q14 The ratio of children going for a picnic to the ratio of children not going is 8 : 3. If the total number of children were 55 out of which 3 who were not going earlier are now ready to go, what is the new ratio?

Q15 If the age of a husband, wife and their child is in the ratio 13 : 11 : 3 and the average age of this family of three members is 36 years, then what is the difference between the age of the husband and the wife?

Q16 Directions for questions 1 to 3:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around the circle and are facing the centre. They are sitting in the following manner.

1. A is second to the right of E, who is the neighbour of C and G.
   
2. D is not the neighbour of A.
   
3. G is the neighbour of F.
   
4. B is not between D and H.
   
5. H is not between F and D.
   
   Which of the following neighbours?

Q17 A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around the circle and are facing the centre. They are sitting in the following manner.

1. A is second to the right of E, who is the neighbour of C and G.
   
2. D is not the neighbour of A.
   
3. G is the neighbour of F.
   
4. B is not between D and H.
   
5. H is not between F and D.
   
   Who is sitting between F and D?

Q18 A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around the circle and are facing the centre. They are sitting in the following manner.

1. A is second to the right of E, who is the neighbour of C and G.
   
2. D is not the neighbour of A.
   
3. G is the neighbour of F.
   
4. B is not between D and H.
   
5. H is not between F and D.
   
   Who is to the immediate right of A?

Q19 Find the missing number in the given below.

Q20 Find the missing number in the given below.

Q21 There are four brothers Paul, Sam, Ron, and Timothy. Paul is younger than Sam and Ron is older than Timothy.

Statement 1: Ron is older than Paul

Statement 2: Sam is older than Ron

Statement 3: Timothy is the youngest of all

Which of the data given alongside will allow you to find out the oldest among the four brothers?

Q22 The given message decode to 'Royal' - 18, 15, 25, 1, 12

What does the message 28, 25, 18, 1, 14, 20 decodes for?

Q23 Which of the given options is the most suitable for completing the following series?

2, 8, 14, __, 34, 48, 62, 80, 98

Q24 Four movies, A, B, C, and D, are scheduled to release on four days of a week. A is released on Wednesday, B is not the first movie to be released. C and D were not released on consecutive days. C was released on Saturday. No movie was released on Thursday or Sunday. If a movie is released on Monday, which movie could it be?

Q25 If in a certain code language 3 4 1 means God Luck Bad; 7 5 2 means Kind Honest Innocent; and 5 6 1 means Honest Ugly Bad; which of the following digits stands for Honest Kind Bad?

Q26 Choose a suitable alternative for the underlined word in:

In Spite scoring very high in the exam, Arun failed to secure admission in the college of his choice.

Q27 Spot the part with the error in the following sentence:
A good employee (1)/ is one which (2)/ is always willing (3)/ to go the extra mile. (4)/ No Error (5)

Q28 Spot the error in the following sentence:
Through her efforts (1)/ she manage to (2)/ open several institutions to (3)/ help the downtrodden. (4)/ No Error (5)

Q29 Fill in the blanks with suitable options:
I ______ a friend named Raj who ______ a horse ranch in the city.

Q30 Fill in the blanks with suitable options:
As night _________in the heights of the mountains, Ramesh could not ________ anything.